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Or 200 players an hour.
Or more than 3 players a minute.
2009 World Series of Poker
Event 57 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Hold'em
Day: 2b
Or 200 players an hour.
Or more than 3 players a minute.
. Altmeyer had 
for top set, one opponent had 
for the flopped straight, and the third had 
for a draw to a higher straight.The turn was the
, changing nothing, but the river came the 
, giving Altmeyer the full house and knocking out two opponents. That huge pot pushes Altmeyer up to 315,000.
.The flop came down
and paired up with Cernuto's opponent, giving him the lead. The turn was the 
and the river the 
. Cernuto lost the hand and lost 11,300 from his stack.
holding pocket fives against his opponent's pocket kings. The turn was the 
and the river was the 
.* * * *
Noah Schwartz raised to 3,000 and another player reraised to 15,000. Schwartz moved all in for 28,000 total and the player called.
Schwartz held
against his opponent's pocket eights, but failed to improve on the hand and was sent to the rail.
and another player held 
. Both were terribly dominated by the third player's 
.The board ran out
, to give the player holding the the nut flush. That player was Ken McKusick out of Baltimore, Maryland and he now has nearly 120,000 chips.To make things even more interesting, two players in the hand held jacks and another player held pocket sevens. Cold deck much?
Geller turned over
while her opponent tabled . The board came 
, and Geller's queens held up. After having lost chips earlier she's hanging on with 20,500.
The chips were in preflop with Ivey's pocket kings in control against Molander's ace-king.
The board bricked out safely for Ivey as he raked in the 200,000+ pot to send Molander crashing out of the tournament.
The Little Man is trying his best not to be so little and now has 45,000 chips.
In a hand with the board reading
, ElkY check-called bets of 10,000 and 15,000 on the turn and river, respectively.His opponent insta-mucked and ElkY collected the chips without a showdown, upping his stack to 170,000.
into another player's aces and receiving no miraculous assistance from the board. He's down to 27,000.